--- title: Leviticus 8:28 (JPS 1917) — And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Who acts: Moses, sons, offering. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moses, sons, offering), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:LEV:202 # text = And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 off off ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 21 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 consecration consecration NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:agent _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Moses | sons *= son* | | sons's hands | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make** | past | Moses *not said here* | sons *= son* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smoke** | infinitive | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | the altar | | upon the burnt offering | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | sons *= son* | a consecration offering | | | | for a sweet savour | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | offering | a offering | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | participle | | a offering *not said here* | | | | unto the LORD | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֹתָם֙ מֵעַ֣ל כַּפֵּיהֶ֔ם וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חָה עַל־הָעֹלָ֑ה מִלֻּאִ֥ים הֵם֙ לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ אִשֶּׁ֥ה ה֖וּא לַיהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 8:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:202` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Leviticus 8:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.201/) - next →: [Leviticus 8:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.203/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 8:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.28/)